True independence exists only in complete surrender to Krishna; all else is illusion.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
[in car] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, as young children we used to have to put our hand over our heart and say a pledge to the flag, in America. And if one didn't say it, they were thrown out of school.
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They changed that law now. It's not required. It used to be.
Prabhupāda: Mental concoction will be changed. Manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ [SB 5.18.12]. Their only business is mental concoction: today it is good, tomorrow it is bad. That is mental concoction.
If mind likes it, it is good; if mind does not like it, it is bad. No standard. [break] Hari-śauri: They have hospitals for animals, if your animal gets sick. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Mostly dogs and cats, birds.
Hari-śauri: The animal that was making the noise was the man on the porch. [laughs] Vipina: Many people have horses in the neighborhood. They have horse shows, Śrīla Prabhupāda. They spend lots of money on fancy horses, and in this way, one becomes greater than another by showing his horses.
Happiness is our right. Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt [Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12(1)]. By nature, we want happiness. Mistaking, where is the happiness. The living being, he is to enjoy happiness. But they are trying to give happiness to the body, which is dead.
Gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ [Bg 2.11]. The body is dead from the very beginning, so they are trying to draw happiness from the dead matter. Hari-śauri: Chewing the chewed. Prabhupāda: Yes, and that is not being fulfilled. Therefore planning: sometimes this way, sometimes that way. Manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ [SB 5.18.12].